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    | Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, Yau Wen-Yuan & Jiang Qing, Mao's wife, were known by this collective name | 
    the Gang of Four
 
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    Ganges River: This bay | 
    the Bay of Bengal
 
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    16 letters: The thickening & loss of elasticity in the walls of an artery | 
    arteriosclerosis
 
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    | This national theatre of Ireland celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004 | 
    the Abbey Theatre
 
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    | Missed the last TD? Don't worry, this innovation premiered in the 1963 Army-Navy game & has been here ever since | 
    instant replay
 
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    | Born Nov. 25, 1981, they are the granddaughters of a president | 
    (Tom: Who are, uh, Jenna and, um...)
  Jenna & Barbara Bush
 
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    | In 868 this dynasty produced the world's first block-printed book, but not the drink favored by astronauts | 
    Tang
 
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    Dnieper River: This sea | 
    (Jeanie: What is South China Sea?) (Tom: North Sea?  What is the North Sea?) (Andy: What is the Baltic?)
  the Black Sea
 
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    16 letters: What the "I" stands for in HIV | 
    immunodeficiency
 
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    | It's believed that Nicomaco, a character in this famous Florentine's 1525 play "Clizia", is a self-portrait | 
    (Jeanie: Who is Michelangelo?)
  Niccolo Machiavelli
 
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    | All right, we admit it, one reason we watch football on TV is to get a glimpse of this group seen here | 
    the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
 
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    | Fraternal twins of the "Star Wars" saga | 
    Luke & Leia
 
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    | On July 22, 1999 the government banned this religious sect after it staged unauthorized demonstrations | 
    Falun Gong
 
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    Loire River: This bay | 
    Biscay
 
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    18 letters: The Roman Catholic doctrine of bread & wine changing into the body & blood of Christ | 
    transubstantiation
 
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    | The audience for this Russian's play "A Month in the Country" should always include some "Fathers and Sons" | 
    (Tom: Who is Chekhov?)
  Turgenev
 
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    | Before his career as a popular TV commentator, John Madden prowled the sidelines as this team's head coach | 
    the Oakland Raiders
 
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    | This playwright & his wife had 3 children, including the twins Judith & Hamnet | 
    Shakespeare
 
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    | A physician educated in the U.S., he led the movement to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty in 1911 | 
    (Jeanie: Who is Chiang Kai-shek?)
  Sun Yat-sen
 
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    Alabama River: This bay, y'all | 
    Mobile Bay
 
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    13 letters: A noun meaning a side-by-side placement, especially for comparison or contrast | 
    juxtaposition
 
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    | His 2004 play "Exits and Entrances" made its entrance onto the world stage in L.A., not in his native South Africa | 
    Athol Fugard
 
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    | In a harrowing piece of live TV, Lawrence Taylor broke this quarterback's leg on "Monday Night Football" | 
    Joe Theismann
 
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    | American Olympic skiing stars born May 10, 1957 | 
    Phil & Steve Mahre
 
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    | In 1816 Lord Amherst, British envoy to China, was not received because he wouldn't perform this ritual | 
    kowtow
 
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    Uruguay River: This estuary | 
    the Rio de la Plata
 
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    13 letters: A journey by foot, not falcon | 
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  peregrination
 
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    | He's the Belgian playwright who gave us the bird--"The Blue Bird" | 
    (Jeanie: Who is Mann?)
  Maurice Maeterlinck
 
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    | Millions were outraged in 1968 when a game was preempted with a minute to go by a TV movie about this girl | 
    Heidi
 
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    | Guinness Book of Records creators born Aug. 12, 1925 | 
    (Andy: Who are the McWhirters?) (Alex: We'll need their names.) (Andy: Who are Norris and...) (Alex: Oh, darn.)
  Norris & Ross McWhirter
 
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